EUEPIDENDRUM. (Panicunara) ( 89 ) EPIDENDRUM. 
283. E. micranthum. Lindley, in Hooker's Journal, IIT. 88. 
E. foliis distichis lanceolatis acuminatis, racemo v. paniculd 
racemosa virgata, bracteis setaceo-acuminatis florum dissitorum 
a palis oblongis carnosis obtusis i aia peta- 
aribus, labello oblongo quadrato indiviso 
ee in Peru—Mathews, 1858, (v. s. sp.) 
A plant with flowers scarcely a line long, and all the habit of £. tridactylum. 
284. E. aquaticum. Lindley, in Ann. Nat. Hist. 1 
EK. caule ascendente ancipiti ramoso, foliis ieee 
acutis panicula simplici paucifloré (aut racemo) pauld brevioribus, 
sepalis oblongis petalisque linearibus obtusis, labello meets alté 
cordato cucullato, cliandrio carnoso utrinque bi bidenta 
Wild im Brazit; Goyaz, on the margin of a small stream n 
N.S. dAba dia; May—Gardner, 4364; Minas Gerdes, sede 
~ de Curaca; Oct —Gardner, 5206, (v. s. ‘sp) 
s four or five inches long ; leaves from half an inch to two inches. 
Flowers yellowish, 
285. E. vincentinum. Lindley, in Hooker's Journal, III. 88. 
E. caule ee foltis distichis angusté lanceolatis. acutissi- 
mis panicula pauciflora laxa filiformi brevioribus, sepalis lineari- 
lanceolatis, petalis filiformibus, labello subrotundo crispo 
Wild in St. Vincents—Guilding, (v. s. sp. in hb. Hooker.) 
A small delicate species, not more than four inches high, with minute 
membranous flowers, disposed in a short, loose panicle, with ‘Gliform pedicels. 
286. E, frigidum, Linden, in Bot. Reg., 1845, mise. p. 76. 
Orch. Linden., no. 36 
E. caule stricto indiviso, foliis imbricatis coriaceis ovato- 
oblongis obtusis emarginatisque, paniculé racemosa nutante, brac- 
teis coriaceis ovatis abrupté acuminatis, floribus valdé carnosis, 
sepalis ovatis obtusis alté costatis, petalis linearibus erectis, labello 
complicato —— ovato subtiis obtusé carinato basi bicostato, 
columnaé brevis 
Wild in SE on damp rocks a short —— from 
eternal snow, at the height of 13,000 feet, on the Sierra 
Nevada of Me ae 643 ; Rene, on the voleano of 
Pasto, on trees at 1 000 feet-—Jami eson, (v. 8. sp.) 
This singular plant has a sis a foot and a half high densely covered with 
leaves, iecoa are stiff, see eurved eve een? The flowers, oe 
‘States i 
ep owers i acne nes go J sel i 
Puss plat is weak and racemose, not panicled. 
